Improvement in drain-hoppers



J. D. PIERCE.

DRAINJIOPPERS.

Patented June 27,1876.

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N. PETERS. PHOTO UTHOGRAPN UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES D. PIERCE, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHTTO JOHN B. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRAlN-HOPPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,217, dated June 27,1876 application filed November 27, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES D. PIERCE, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain Improvementsin Drain-Hoppers, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to provide a hopper for the mouth ofdrains that shall be a trap to prevent the stench from rising from thedrain or cess-pool. It is a basin'set on the mouth of drains, with amovable pan over the opening in the bottom of the basin, with a slatreceptacle for water and debris to be thrown into, and the water to passthrough between the slats, and the debris to be held behind. The slatreceptacle 0r basket is cast in the upper part of the hopper, or castseparate and riveted to the top of the hopper, and the top of the hopperis made separate and sets on the basin, which sets on the mouth of thedrain, and is hung by a hinge, so that whenever it is necessary to emptythe debris out of the slatted receptacle, one can take hold of thehandle and tip it over, as'shown in Figure 2, and a grate or nettingover the outlet of the hopper, to prevent anything but Water. frompassing through.

Fig. l is a sectional view of my invention as it stands for use, andFig. 2 a sectional view of same, the upper part tipped over.

A is the basin or lower part of the hopper; B, the upper part, hinged tothe lower part; 0, the slatted receptacle, the slats running from thetop to the bottom; D, movable pan; E, hinge fastening the lower part andupper part of the hopper together, and on which the upper part turns; F,grating in the orifice of part A G, handle on the side of B; H,projection on bottom of receptacle 0, forming a trap.

This hopper is placed over the mouth of a drain, and set high enough sothat a pail may be set under the upper part of same to receive thedebris when the upper part is dumped. The water is poured into slattedreceptacle, and whenever it is necessary to empty same, take hold ofhandle G and dump same.

I claim as my invention A drain-hopper constructed with an upper andunder part, A and B, with the slatted receptacle (J secured to the upperpart B, all in combination, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

JAMES D. PIERCE.

Witnesses:

J. B. SMITH, v Z. BERIIARD.

